The Age-Based Classroom Kills Education

And a whole lot more

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Some things are so blindingly stupid yet so firmly in place that we can’t see them for what they are. But once recognized, what didn’t make sense suddenly does, and everything that seemed sensible is clearly insane.

Such is what happened to me, a teacher for 24 years, when I happened to consider the age-based classroom. The classroom I…